The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-01
THE PRESIDENT ACTS UPON 4
NUMBER OF PARDOSs OF
Convicted Criminals - Samuel 4.
jones, Of Arkansas, Counterfeit
or, Pardenled; Ell Null
lens, Also.
A NUMBER OF CHANGES IN THB
PUBLIC SERVICE
70 Take Place rOday-Annual Re-
port OF the Fish Commission
Distribution Of Shad.

Larry Of the Treasury received recently
b petition signed by the leading i'm.
iporters OF railro I'D ties, telegraph poles,
Ietc., at the port Of Chicago, protesting
against the establishment OF an agen-
icy OF Gore Bay, \Manitoulin leland,
and he referred tha matter TO the Sec.
lretary of State. He has been informed
\ 10y Secretary Bsysrd that the objec-
\ytions urged against the proposed sgen-
Icy are not considered sufficient to war.
rant a reconstruction OF the decision
I heretofore made in regard thereto and
saying that consular office for Gore
Bay will be sppoirated In due course OF
time.
CHIEF KNaINRkR SNYDER DEAD
Chief Engineer Henry Lee Snyder,
OF the navy, superintendent OF the
Slate, war ard navy Department.
i building, died eulddenly this morning
at his ROOMS in tbs city OF hemorrhsge
Of the lupgs. He was about fit.y years
OF age and leayek a widow aud several
\ children. Mr.. Snyder entered the
naval service In 1858 and wf1 a native
of New Jersey. Psssed Assistant En-.
gineer john A. Tobin, will temporarily
discharge the dukiee Of superintendent
\ OF the department. building.
GIN. sHSRMAs's CLERK.
The Secretary OF War has app ointed
James Madison barrett clerk TO Gen.
Sherman, under the authority con-
isrred BY the last Congress. yr. Bar.
rett has been employed by Gen. Sher-
man at his own expenfe as private
secretary for sonle time past.
Il MIcRoscoAIsT APPOINTED.
\ Secretary Fsircbild toda7 appointed
A Edgar Richards, OF New York, to be q
microscopist in the Internal Revenue
4 Bureau, UNDER the provisions OF the
4 oleomargarine flaws, vice Mr.. Wallis,
resigned. Mr.. Richards has been en-
ployed In the Department OF Agricul.
tuIe about FIVE years.
THE SURVEYOR GENERAL OF ARIZONA
TKIRIToRY
Il has sent 10 the \genersl land Office a
n copy Of the decision OF Judge Barnes.
VI OF Arizona, In the case OF the United
States vs.. Colin Cameron, a suit
brought TO compel the removal oil
fences upon public land. The defense
set up that the land was embraced In
the claimed limits OF the De La ZaDja
private land giant. This grant is
claimed under purchase OF four
square leagues frpm the Mexican Gov.
eminent. Grant holders claimed six.
teen square lesguee. The fences are
upoa the larger Quantity. The court
ruled upon the, question Of what CON-
stitutes a claim that reserve land uu-
Ill Congress passed upon II, and said II
was the clsinp described In the title
\ papers that alleged By petitions
II confirmation, aud that II the petit
{ lion were to make the limits OF ,hs
claim his would lead to the absurd
conclusion Il ht under q valid grant
for fsw acres q claimant in hie psti.
ton may insiltt upon q vast domain,
NO matter how wide, and at once fence
il up, exclude everybody else from 1t
and retain the uses and profits from II
until Congress shall act.
This construction, the court says,
cannot for moment be maintained.
In conclusion, the court said: The
lquare leagues at the place, De La
Ziuja, as described 10 the grant, can
be no other than the four leagues taat
touch that point, that is, thar corner
| there. Any other construction makes
i this grant void for uncertainty. /
4 hold, therefore, that a fence erected
outside OF thesb four square leagues is
4 an unlawful Enclosure Of the public
lands. The findings and judgment
! we're for the government. The decis-
4 ion is regarded as significant, because
\ OF the Importance Of the principles in
VOWED.
INITIATIVE powERs OF THE JAPANESE.
An illus!rS ton OF the cleverness and
initiative pSwers OF the Japanese,
Which might also serve TO point ar
| sgument In The discussion Of the in.
Il stional copyright question, is
az .ded by certain Japanese publica.
Itidns which have been exhibited 10
ehe prominent officers OF the State
Deiartment. II appears that when
Tho hudy OF English was made COM
Y 1rulsIry In japan, q number OF Amer.
: an thool books were imported, and
BY formal order made the text books
o. thapative schools. American book
uskefl bad quite lucrative trade for
E..'me.h Bat the japanese soon turned
'ytheir attention 10 the subject, and after
o few experiments began turning out
clever reprints Of the American publi-
cations o. such excellence and in such
quantitia& that the demand for the
: Americarfproduct has now practically
l.. seased. Tae only inferiority OF the
Sapf neee b,cks noticeable at q casual
eramipatiol is In the illustrations,
4 this is accounted for by the fact
- the Datae engravsrs have not yet
overed tts art Of cutting their
lures on u Igrain and OF the block,
uniformly engave on the side,
i .n,. results slightly blurred
PRnIpEsvL cLKMnsor.
The Presidenthas acted upon the
olications for fsrdon 81 q number
convicted criminals. The most I'M
RANT case 10 that VI Thomas Ballard,
notorious coun.erfeter, who was
ntenced January q, 1875, 10 thirty
ears imprisonment In the Albany
enitentiasy for engraving and having
his POSSESSION counterfeit plates,
notesS etc. The President has granted
him "a pardon. In indosing the up.
pliQation, he says that the prisoner
WAS supposed 10 be one q the most
!. expert counterfsiters 10 the country.
He has now been In priscn equivalent
4 10 more than fifteen year,, allowing
\, he deduction he has secured Tor good
" shayior. He has grown TO be an old
psr. broken down physically and
aentally. His conduct has been such
y a. 10 cause much interest TO be fat in
his case by many good cltiEsns and Of
hcials concerned In his conviction.
/, His wife, ~ho has chung 10 him with
true womAu's devotion all these
years, and who has almost worn her.
self out In her sdorts TO support and
educate her daughter, Just nov reach
ing womanhood, pisads for her erring
and penitent husbsEdt release.
There 10 an univerky belief on the
part OF those acquainted with the Gaze
that the prisoners reclamation IL com.
plete, and that under nj circumstances
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